some are more prosperous and those who lean republican, the debt and deficit edge out. many millions of americans unemployed or not working in a job they like, the numbers are more important. let's go back to 2008. before that, remember the recession started beginning 2008. if you look at four years ago today, we are not better off from an unemployment situation than we were. what we are better off in is a general economic situation. i saw a sign in ohio that said no, president obama, we are not better off. look at the number of jobs we were losing before president obama took office and in the early months. what you see as a general trend, we have seen the job losses and job creation begin and we have seen all of the jobs lost during the four years of the obama administration regained. that is what you are going to hear from president obama at 8:30 this morning when the jobs numbers come out. we are certain it will be positive, create 125,000 jobs. if it's less than 100, republicans are going pounce on that. if it's more than 150 or close to 200, obama administration is